Group 2 - Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution (254-258)
The Industrial Revolution was set in motion buy the entrepreneurs who received many great riches from it.
Reforms in the early industrial age in Europe and the Americas brought suffrage, abuse and many dangers
It also brought positive effects that were brought up afterwards
People Move to New Industrial Cities
Changes in Farming, soaring population growth, and an increasing demand and need for workers led many people from farms to cities.
Cities grew around the factories that were being built.
The city Manchester in England had a soaring population do to all the people moving there.
Pollution filled the city this was known as the "cloud of coal vapor" from all the factories
Rivers became filthy from wastes and pollution being dumped in them.
CHECKPOINT: What led to the massive migration of people from farms to cities?
Factories were built and many people were forced to come and work. Changing in farms and soaring population growth was also a big reason.
New Social Classes Emerge
New middle class was created along with the working class, they owned and operated new factories, mines, and railroads.
Those who moved from farms felt lost and faced tough working conditions
The Industrial Middle Class:
Entrepreneurs benefited most from the Industrial Revolution because they started many businesses.
Middle class families lived in well-furnished spacious homes on paved streets. Few people had sympathy for the poor.
Middle class women focused on caring for children while men worked.
Industrial Working Class:
Poor struggled to survive and lived in smelly tenements, or small apartments.
The poor had no running water, but a community pump.
No sewage or sanitation systems, waste and garbage rotted in the streets.
Sewage was dumped into rivers, creating an overwhelming stench and contaminated drinking water. Led to diseases like cholera.
Workers Stage Futile Protests:
Secret unions existed among frustrated British workers
These workers wished to initiate work reforms (increase in pay)
First industrial riots in England were in 1811-1813. Riots sprung because these reforms were not accepted.
Workers Find Comfort In Religion:
Workers and families find comfort in the religion Methodism.
Many people lost connections in old churches and religions.
John Wesley was the founder of the Methodist movement when he stressed people needed personal faith.
People studied the Bible and from that they learned how to read and write.
CHECKPOINT: How did members of the working class react to their new experience in industrial cities?
Many people protested against the way they were being treated and the low pay that they received. Riots occurred because reforms were not being accepted and some factories were even burned. Life in the Facorties and Mines
Workers faced harsh lives in factories and were treated very badly
Factory Workers Face Harsh Conditions:
Working hours were up to 12-16 hours and people worked 6-7 days in the factories a week and not very many breaks were granted.
Exhausted workers could accidentally suffer accidents from machinery they could lose fingers, limbs and even lives were lost.
Employers liked to hire women because they paid them half of what they paid men and they were easier to manage.
Miners Face Worse Conditions:
Miners worked in darkness, coal and dust in the air destroyed their lungs. Miners were always in danger of explosions, flooding, and collapsing tunnels.
Children Have Dangerous Jobs:
Factories and mines hired many boys and girls, few even started working at 5 years old.
Kids were working at the mines all day to make food to support families.
Parents accepted the idea of child labor because their children helped work on the farms so they didn't think it would be so bad.
CHECKPOINT: How did the industrial revolution affect the lives of men women, and children?
All their lives were at risk due to the harmful working conditions, but working was the only way to keep families from starving and dying.
The Result of Industrialization
Early industrial revolution brought terrible hardships and experiences to many
of the people who lived in the time of the industrial revolution.
Besides low pay and dismal living conditions there were some positive effects like mass-produced goods grew, new factories opened and wages rose.
CHECKPOINT: Why was the industrial revolution both blessing and a curse?
The Industrial Revolution was both a blessing and a curse because there were positive effects after wards but it was a curse because of all the death, hardships and diseases that occurred.
Extra Information:
Manchester, England, with its textile industry, was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.
Radiocarbon dating is not valid for relics that are less than 200 years old. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, the widespread use of carbon fuels created additional amounts of carbon in the atmosphere. Also, the common atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons since World War II has also upset the equilibrium of different forms of carbon in the atmosphere.
Questions to packet
4.) What caused the growth of cities during the Industrial Revolution?
D.-The need for factory workers
5.) Those who benefited most form the Industrial Revolution were..
A.- Entrepreneurs
6.) Luddites, who smashed machines in Britain, were groups of..
B.-Textile Workers
7.) Why did factory owners often prefer to hire women?
D.-Women could be paid less than men
8.) What was one hazard of working in textile factories?
C.-Air filled with lint
9.) In the 1830's and 1840's, British inspectors made sure that..
D.)Labor laws were followed
10.) One positive effect of the Industrial Revolution was..
D.-Better mass-produced goods
Vocabularyurbanization- Movement of people to citiesTenement- Multistory buildings divided into apartmentsLabor union- Workers' organizations
People Move to New Industrial Cities
CHECKPOINT: What led to the massive migration of people from farms to cities?
Factories were built and many people were forced to come and work. Changing in farms and soaring population growth was also a big reason.
New Social Classes Emerge
The Industrial Middle Class:
Industrial Working Class:
Workers Stage Futile Protests:
Workers Find Comfort In Religion:
CHECKPOINT: How did members of the working class react to their new experience in industrial cities?
Many people protested against the way they were being treated and the low pay that they received. Riots occurred because reforms were not being accepted and some factories were even burned.
Life in the Facorties and Mines
- Workers faced harsh lives in factories and were treated very badly
Factory Workers Face Harsh Conditions:Miners Face Worse Conditions:
Children Have Dangerous Jobs:
- Factories and mines hired many boys and girls, few even started working at 5 years old.
- Kids were working at the mines all day to make food to support families.
- Parents accepted the idea of child labor because their children helped work on the farms so they didn't think it would be so bad.
CHECKPOINT: How did the industrial revolution affect the lives of men women, and children?All their lives were at risk due to the harmful working conditions, but working was the only way to keep families from starving and dying.
The Result of Industrialization
- Early industrial revolution brought terrible hardships and experiences to many
of the people who lived in the time of the industrial revolution.CHECKPOINT: Why was the industrial revolution both blessing and a curse?
The Industrial Revolution was both a blessing and a curse because there were positive effects after wards but it was a curse because of all the death, hardships and diseases that occurred.
Extra Information:
Sources:
"19th-century Manchester, England." Image. North Wind Picture Archives. World History: The Modern Era.
ABC-CLIO,2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.
http://ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/579919?terms=Industrial+Revolution
Questions to packet
4.) What caused the growth of cities during the Industrial Revolution?
D.-The need for factory workers
5.) Those who benefited most form the Industrial Revolution were..
A.- Entrepreneurs
6.) Luddites, who smashed machines in Britain, were groups of..
B.-Textile Workers
7.) Why did factory owners often prefer to hire women?
D.-Women could be paid less than men
8.) What was one hazard of working in textile factories?
C.-Air filled with lint
9.) In the 1830's and 1840's, British inspectors made sure that..
D.)Labor laws were followed
10.) One positive effect of the Industrial Revolution was..
D.-Better mass-produced goods
Vocabularyurbanization- Movement of people to citiesTenement- Multistory buildings divided into apartmentsLabor union- Workers' organizations